In this case, though, I’m not sure I disagree with the notion that the iPad is primarily aimed at people who don’t really much care about creating content–and it’s really hard to refute the 99:9:1/999:9:1 “rules” for the extent to which users of social media become contributors.

This is a difficult area. To the extent that the iPad encourages greater passivity and becomes widespread as a substitute for netbooks & laptops, that may be unfortunate–but it gets into a whole bunch of areas I chose not to deal with.

Still…certainly worth pursing at a later date. Thanks for the idea.

I wrote a somewhat response at my blog to the hypePad portion of this issue questioning the “content creation” vs. “content consumption” (supposed) dichotomy. Not as focused as I would have liked it to be but am out of practice blogging.

My primary concern, regarding this article, is that you didn’t pick up on that possible canard; but then it wasn’t the focus of the article either, I know. But to me the whole “the iPad is a consumption only device” is a large part of the rhetoric and hype that deserves being pulled apart. Of course, doesn’t mean it has to be you to do so!

Thanks again for making me think, Walt.